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The concept of free speech is something that only freedom-loving people can really understand. The truth is that Americans are mostly blind to the fact that most of the world still does not understand or have the freedom of speech. This is no where more obvious than the Islamic ruled countries. Islam is a religion that abhors the idea of freedom in general and freedom of religious speech specifically. To a devout Muslim there is no right to speak against Islam. To a devout Muslim there is no inherit right to refuse Islam. Islam is about submission. It is not about voluntary submission, it is about forced submission. Over and over again we hear that Islam is a "peaceful religion".  From President George Bush to every Islamic apologist, we hear about how Islam has been hijacked by a "few radicals". This could not be further from the truth. Islam is a religion of violence that seeks to spread by repression of any thinking that it does not agree with. The history of its founder, Mohammed, shows a clear spreading of Islam by the sword. Truth is not allowed to shine in the oppressive Muslim world. In order for us to understand the mindset of the Middle East we must consider the following:1) Over 80 percent of Palestinians have said the destruction of Israel is a worthy goal.2) In not one Muslim population polled does a majority believe that Arabs carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001, on America. The proportions range from a mere 15% in Pakistan holding Arabs responsible, to 48% among French Muslims. Confirming recent negative trends in Turkey, the number of Turks who point the finger at Arabs has declined to 16% today from 46% in 2002. In other words, in every one of these 10 Muslim communities, a majority views September 11 as a hoax perpetrated by the American government, Israel, or some other agency.3) Muslims were asked whether they have confidence in Osama bin Laden. Muslims replied positively, ranging between 8% (in Turkey) and 72% (in Nigeria). Suicide bombing is popular; Muslims who call it justified range from 13% (in Germany) to 69% (in Nigeria). (Source, Pew Research Center) The "peaceful" and "tolerant" Muslims around the world showed just how peaceful and freedom-loving they are by how they react to anyone who speaks against their faith. It was not long ago that a few cartoons were published that depicted Mohammed as in favor of war. These cartoons were met with panic, rioting, and a general sense of loss of control as the Muslims went on a rampage. This was to protest against anyone saying or insinuating that Mohammed, or his followers were in any way violent. We all know about comments made in 2006 by the Pope. The pope was quoting a Byzantine emperor, who said,"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."The Pope quoted this in a speech he gave in Germany. This was met by groups of hooligan Muslims burning churches, protesting with violence, and shooting a nun to death. They have made threats to kill the Pope because of what he said.Let me see if I understand this right, Muslims were upset about Mohammed being called evil and violent. They were upset about Mohammed being charged with using violence against those he disagreed with. So in order to refute the position that Islam is a violent, oppressive, and coercive religion they turn to violence, burning of churches, shooting a nun, and threatening to kill the Pope? This is how they try to get us to believe that Mohammed was a peaceful religious leader? This is how they try to get us to believe that Islam is a peaceful religion? Is it not more important to look at actions rather than words?The entire history of Islam is oppression and conversion by the sword. Christians are forbidden to share the Gospel with Muslims. In many Islamic countries it is illegal to convert to Christianity if you are a Muslim who converts to Christianity,. often the punishment is death. It makes no difference what the Islamic apologists say, it matters what Islam does.If we really want to understand what happens when Islam is in power we must look to Iran. Iran is Islam, and Islam is Iran. It is a totalitarian Islamic state. The Mullahs rule and their "elected President" who is a puppet of the ruling Ayatollah. Over the last number of years hundreds of newspapers have been shut down by the Iranian government. Non-Muslims are oppressed. Iran seeks to spread its Islamic oppression throughout the Middle East by funding, and training Islamic terrorists. It is not good enough for the Islamic faith to attempt to spread its beliefs by speech alone. The reason for this is that its faith is not interested in people having a choice to reject it. The Islamic nation of Iran is intent on spreading Islam by the modern sword of terrorism. If Islam continues to grow by its strong birth rate in Europe they will have nukes.As a side note, it is amazing to me how the left in this country seem to never say anything against Islam. The left instead spends its time trying to get God out of the Pledge of Allegiance. This is strange considering that Islam is the most oppressive to women, and religious minorities. I think the left hates Christians so much that it will side with our enemies rather than have this country remain in its Christian heritage. (The leftists in America are vulgar, mean, and completely insane, but that is another article.)I think it is clear that there are Muslims that are not interested in violence. The truth is that if one is a true Muslim they will follow the Koran. The Koran is no friend of non-Muslims and clearly teaches that fact. The scary thing is that the radicals are actually the real Muslims because they are doing what Mohammed did. When Christians are spoken against we do not riot and burn mosques. The Islamic clerics speak against the Bible all the time. They preach against Christianity. They are opposed to Christian teaching and say that it is of Satan. They believe they have a right to speak against Christianity, and at the same time say we have no right to speak against Islam. The lie of Islam being "peaceful" is not in keeping with reality. As Jesus said, "You know a tree by its fruit". The fruit of Islam is tyranny, oppression, terrorism, poverty, and a general lack of respect for anyone who is not in agreement with them. As the saying goes, "Actions speak louder than words". Wake up and smell the truth America. Islam has declared war on us, and we must stand as one in our defense of this nation. We must return to God as a people. We must choose of our own free will if we want God's blessing on our nation. If we do not, our enemies will have victory over us eventually.So let's sum this up;1) The history of Islam is Tyranny2) The Islamic controlled nations today are tyrannical.3) When Muslims are offended they riot, burn, and kill.4) Almost all terrorists are Muslims.5) Muslim countries treat women with contempt.6) Islamic controlled countries are anti free speech and religion.7) and on and on and on...We must get out of this politically correct, crazy mind set and confront the enemy of liberty. The enemy of liberty is Islam. Both the history and the present declare the truth of Islam. Islam is not comparable with freedom loving people!
Dr. David M. BermanSenior Pastor, Author, Convention Speaker211 Whitcomb RoadP.O. Box 10357Swanzey, NH. 03446Phone 603 352 9471